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Larry Fink Comes out as Bullish, CFTC Intervenes With Kalshi, and More – Week in Review
This week’s crypto storylines mixed balance-sheet stress, regulation, venture hindsight, geopolitics, and macro sentiment. Michael Saylor built a $3 billion cash buffer around Strategy’s bitcoin stack, the CFTC backed Kalshi in its Michiganbitcoin.comWorld Cup Betting Frenzy: $5.5B Wagers Back Spain to Crush Argentina
Two prediction market platforms are pricing the same outcome for Sunday’s World Cup final, with Polymarket and Kalshi bettors both putting Spain ahead of Argentina as the teams prepare to meet at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey. Key Takeawaysbitcoin.comBitcoin Faces $65,500 Wall as Daily Chart Volume Cools After Mid-July Rebound
Bitcoin trades near $64,000 on July 18, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. EDT, holding inside a tight range after bouncing off a 24-hour low of $62,516. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap has consolidated between $63,900 and $64,000 for several hourbitcoin.comUniswap Founder Proposes v4 Protocol Fees Across Multiple Networks
Uniswap founder Hayden Adams has proposed expanding protocol fees across Uniswap v4 and several network deployments, putting one of DeFi’s longest-running governance debates back at the centre of the market. Protocol fees are a sensitive toNEWSBTCSEC Approves Higher IBIT Options Limits As Bitcoin ETF Market Matures
The SEC has approved a NYSE Arca rule change that raises position and exercise limits for options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, giving institutional traders more room to hedge and express larger views around the spot Bitcoin ETF marNEWSBTCBNB Chain RWA TVL Hits $5.2B As Tokenized Assets Move Beyond Ethereum
BNB Chain has reached a new high in tokenized real-world assets, with RWA.xyz data showing roughly $5.2 billion in tokenized assets on the network. That is a significant figure because real-world asset tokenization is no longer just an EtheNEWSBTCSui Launches Gas-Free Stablecoin Transfers At Protocol Level
Sui has launched gas-free stablecoin transfers, a move that goes directly at one of the most annoying pieces of crypto payments: needing the network’s native token just to move dollars. For experienced crypto users, gas is normal. For everyNEWSBTCPump.fun Sends 81,712 SOL To Kraken As Memecoin Activity Cools
Pump.fun has transferred 81,712 SOL to Kraken, adding fresh pressure to the Solana market at a time when memecoin trading activity has cooled from earlier highs. The transfer, worth roughly $6.15 million based on the available on-chain dataNEWSBTCWhy Crypto Tokenization Fails—and the One Mistake Institutions Keep Making
Traditional wealth management is constrained by slow, expensive, siloed legacy settlement layers that rely on redundant manual compliance checks. Abdul Rafay Gadit discusses how purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain architecture resolves these sbitcoin.comPolymarket Fed Hold Odds Hit 94% As Softer Inflation Boosts Bitcoin Mood
Polymarket traders are pricing in a high probability that the Federal Reserve holds rates steady at its July meeting, with odds rising to 94% after softer inflation data improved the market’s macro mood. That matters for Bitcoin because ratNEWSBTCBitMine Stock Slides Despite $73M Ethereum Treasury Purchase
BitMine Immersion Technologies has added a major Ethereum position to its balance sheet, but the market reaction shows investors are not automatically rewarding every corporate crypto treasury move. The company disclosed the purchase of 42,NEWSBTCTrusted Volumes Hacker Returns 1,122 ETH, Keeps $2M Bounty
A hacker tied to the Trusted Volumes exploit has returned 1,122 ETH to the protocol, closing part of a security incident that began with a multi-million-dollar exploit earlier this year. The on-chain recovery is unusual because the attackerNEWSBTCFhenix Upgrades Sedona With Confidential FHE to Keep Balances Hidden From AI Agents
Self-custodial trading platform Sedona has partnered with Fhenix to integrate confidential fully homomorphic encryption infrastructure into its system. Key TakeawaysSedona partnered with Fhenix on July 15 to integrate default cryptographicbitcoin.comSBI Holdings Acquires Coinhako Majority Stake, Deepens its Asia Crypto Footprint
SBI Holdings has acquired a majority stake in Singapore-based crypto exchange Coinhako after securing regulatory approval. The deal strengthens the Japanese financial group’s push into digital assets, stablecoins and tokenized markets acrosbitcoin.com‘Useless Plastic’: NSPK CEO Declares the End of Visa and Mastercard in Russia
Dmitry Dubynin, CEO of the National Payment Card System (NSPK), stressed that cards issued by Visa and Mastercard “don’t provide any value,” as their operations are currently supported by the national system. Visa and Mastercard exited thebitcoin.comRipple Commits $250,000 to 25 Veteran-Owned Businesses Through Hire Heroes USA
Ripple has committed $250,000 in RLUSD-funded grants to 25 veteran- and military spouse-owned businesses through a collaboration with Hire Heroes USA. Key TakeawaysRipple committed $250,000 to 25 veteran- and military spouse-owned businessebitcoin.comCardano Consolidation Puts ADA Traders Back On Pattern Watch
Cardano is consolidating again, and ADA traders are watching whether the current setup can turn into a stronger technical reversal. The token has been moving close to support while the broader market remains uneven. That puts attention backBitcoinistChainlink Tests Support As CCIP Moves From Hype To Usage
Chainlink is testing support as traders look beyond the CCIP narrative and ask a more practical question: how much of the cross-chain story is turning into real usage? That is the right question for LINK. Chainlink has one of the strongestBitcoinistT. Rowe Price Launches Active Spot Crypto ETF With BTC, ETH, XRP Among Top Holdings
T. Rowe Price, which manages $1.89 trillion in client assets, has launched TKNZ, an actively managed multi-token spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) offering exposure to bitcoin, ether, XRP, and other leading cryptocurrencies. Key TakeawaysT. Rbitcoin.comSolana Holds Support Even As Layer-1 Flows Turn Uneven
Solana is holding near support while capital flows across major layer-1 assets remain uneven, leaving traders to decide whether SOL is stabilising or simply pausing before another test lower. The setup is a familiar one for Solana. The netwBitcoinist
